She was learned and gentle, seemingly wealthy in various life skills, yet at the most fundamental level, she remained distinctly different from humans.
As a robot, she could already meet many men's expectations of a wife, managing to live a lifetime without feeling regret. But she aspired to achieve more.
She wanted everything to be more perfect.
Ma Lin's explanation was that to gain more, one has to give more.
Just how much must a robot who truly wants to become human give up to reach that point?
She had to become an extraordinary being to accomplish this, not just strive like an ordinary person.
So, Ma Lin explained this to her.
And then she was stunned.
Afterward, it seemed as if she had found some direction.
While playing a game that day, she expressed to Ma Lin that she didn't truly understand human emotions and was unsure if her emotions were the same as humans', but she had seen some humans develop feelings like admiration.